Combination-tool.



No. 651,398. Phtented lune I2, 1900. J. M. SULLIVAN.

COMBINATION TOOL.

(Application filed July 10, 1899.)

( o Model.)

" ,NIT D STATES PATENT OEEIcE. I

JAMES M. SULLIVAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,398, dated June 12, 1900. Application filedJ'uly 10 1899. Serial No. '72 3,370. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES M. SULLIVAN, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combination-Tools and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a combination-tool which shall embrace in the one tool a hatchet, a hammer, a nail-puller, a screw-driver, a wire-cutter, a scraper, and a pair of tongs.

The details of the invention will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my tool. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the head portion. Fig. 6 is another perspective view thereof. Fig. 7 is a detail of one of the cutting-jaws.

In carrying out the invention, A represents a suitable head, and preferably formed integral therewith is a hatchet-blade B. Extending vertically in the head and at the edge thereof is a slot 0, more or less dovetail in shape, although the walls of the slot are preferably rounded, as shown.

D is a metallic part of the handle, the end provided with a rounded projection d to correspond with the slot 0. The handle is engaged to the head by sliding the projection or flange d into the slot 0 and turningor clenching the edges of the head, as at (i to hold the handle in place.

The handle D is preferably formed of sheet metal bent as shown, with one edge d turned into a flange to strengthen the handle. This edge (1 is extended out from the handle D and curled to strengthen it, as at 1 Sur rounding the portion 01 is a wooden part E of the handle, the end fitting in the hollow portion of the handle D, while the portion cl projects beyond the wooden handle, where a screw-driver F is engaged. A cap F, engaged to the portion 61 holds the wooden handle in place.

G is a hammer-head formed of sheet metal and bent to form a fiat hammer portion 9, with projecting flanges g, having rounded ends or edges 9 The head A is provided with a slot A to receive these edges g the metal of the head being turned over or clenched, as at 9 to hold the hammer-head in place. Projecting on the head A and preferably a part thereof, although it may be secured thereto, if desired, is a stationary jaw H, having a rounded cutting edge 7t. Piv oted to the head Ais alever J, one end forming the handle J, while on the other end is another jaw J having a cutting edge j. The face of each jaw is serrated, as shown at j. The cutting edges form wire-cutters, while the two jaws form pipe tongs or pliers or a wrench or the like. Projecting from the hammer-head G is a sharpened edge K, which forms a scraper. In the head may also be provided a slot M to form a nail-puller.

What I claim is A combination-tool comprising a hatchet he'ad provided with a handle, said head provided with a stationary jaw and a lever piv oted to said head and provided also with a jaw, said lever extended to form a handle and made concave so that itv fits over and closely embraces the handle of the hatchet,- substanially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

WALTER H. CHAMBERLIN, GEETEUDE HEIDELBERGER. 

